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1000
Leif Erickson: Sponsered by the country of scandinavia
he is the first European to land in north america. He ends up landing on what is now present day Canada. -
1488
Pedro Alvarez Cabral: sponsored by the country of Portugal
he is known for landing in the country of Brazil in south america. He starts a settlement there for Portugal. -
1492
Christopher Columbus: sponsored by Spain
in 1492 he set sail from Spain and made it to the Bahamas. -
1497
Vasco de Gama: rounded the cape on November 22 and made it to India, he also made the sea route to Asia.
After rounding the cape on November 22, Vasco de Gama made it to Africa's eastern coast. He then met a pilot from India that led him the rest of the way to India. Once he did that, the sea route to Asia was made. -
1497
Ameriga Vespucci: sponsored by Spain
Ameriga went on three voyages, his most successful voyage was his third. On his third voyage he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. -
1497
John Cabot: sponsored by france
went to look for a sea route to Asia. Probably landed on the coast of present-day Newfoundland. -
1497
Bartolomeu Dias: sailed for the country of Portugal
Sailed Southward from Portugal and made it around the southern tip of Africa. He named the southern tip of Africa, "The Cape of Good Hope" -
1513
vasco Nunez de balboa: sponsored by the country of spain
He is known for landing in present day panama and he is the first european to see the pacific ocean -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon: sponsored by Spain
Made the first spanish landing on the east coast of present day florida. -
1519
Hernan Cortes: sponsored by Spain
in 1519 Cortez landed on present day mexico with 11 ships and 16 horses. -
1519
Francisco Pizarro: sponsored by spain
After Cortez took over the Aztec, Pizarro went to peru and took over the Inca empire. -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano: sponsored by France
Was hired to look for a northern route. Explored the coast of North America from present day Nova Scotia to the Carolinas. -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca: sponsored by spain
Was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida. -
1535
Jacques Cartier: sponsored by france
Sailed up the St. Lawrence River hoping to find the Pacific. He didn't find the pacific, but he did find a mountain and named it Mont-Royal meaning "royal mountain" -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: sponsored by spain
he went though northern mexico, present-day arizona, and new mexico before reaching a Zuni settlement. -
1541
Hernando de Soto: sponsored by spain
Led an expedition to Florida searching for gold. he also crossed the Mississippi river saying that it was, "swift" and "very deep" -
1542
Juan Cabrillo: sponsored by Spain
Cabrillo first sighted what is now California. -
1550
Ferdinand Magellan: sponsored by spain
Magellan cane across a very calm ocean, so he name it the Pacific Ocean. (Pacifico in spanish) -
Henry Hudson: sponsored by the dutch
Wanted to find a passage to the Americas, he ended up discovering a river that now bears his name, the Hudson River -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette: sponsored by France
Both of them traveled down the Mississippi river in canoes is search of precious metals. They ended up going into the Gulf of Mexico instead of going to the Pacific. -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle: sponsored by france
Followed the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf. He claimed a region for France and and called it Louisiana.
